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100
A Writer
What is a scribe?
100
A way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation?
100
The two land features that gave Mesopotamia its name
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
One characteristic that Sumerians believed their gods possessed was a need to a. help mankind. b. conquer other gods. c. worship the moon and the sun. d. be worshiped and pleased.
What is (d.) to be worshiped and pleased?
100
Land with different territories under a single rule
What is an empire?
200
A large arc of fertile farmland
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
More goods than are needed
What is a surplus?
200
This allowed people to become craftspeople in Mesopotamia
What is division of labor?
200
The resource for which Phoenicia was well known was a. iron ore. b. cedar wood. c. fertile soil. d. gold and silver.
What is (b.) cedar wood?
200
a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
300
A city and its surrounding countryside
What is a city-state?
300
The purpose of having a wall around the city
What is to protect inhabitants from attack?
300
Which natural obstacle led Phoenicians to use the sea for trade? a. desert b. flooding rivers c. overcrowded forests d. mountains to the east and north
What is (d.) mountains to the east and north?
300
Which of the following best describes Sumerian advances in medicine? a. Sumerians recorded their observations when practicing medicine. b. Sumerians used natural resources to make healing drugs. c. Sumerians became effective at treating different symptoms and parts of the body. d. Sumerians became skilled at using milk, figs, and salt in treating people.
What is (c.) Sumerians became effective at treating different symptoms and parts of the body?
400
Human-made waterways
What are canals?
400
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
400
This is how you describe cuneiform.
What is a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols?
400
What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle? a. fire and chariots b. bows and arrows c. iron weapons and chariots d. battleships and iron weapons
What is (c.) iron weapons and chariots?
400
What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet? a. Phoenicians traded knowledge of their alphabet for goods and services they needed. b. Trade increased in places where the Phoenician alphabet was not used. c. The Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes. d. Phoenicians would only trade with people who could write in Phoenician.
What is (c.) the Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes?
500
A division of society by rank or class
What is social hierarchy?
500
The world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform?
500
This is the group of people who grew powerful due to trade rather than from fighting.
Who are the Phoenicians?
500
Which sequence of events shows how Mesopotamia developed? a. People formed divisions of labor. The population grew. Agriculture was the basis of the society. b. People built cities. People grew crops. People built canals. c. People made laws. People moved to villages and cities. People lived where crops could grow. d. People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed.
What is (d.) people settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed?
500
These are the different ranks in social class within Sumerian society.
What is 1st king, 2nd priests, 3rd craftspeople and merchants, 4th farmers adn laborers, and last slaves?